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STRUCTURE OF THE NEWS ROOM NEWS ROOM A newsroom is the central place where journalists—reporters, editors, and producers, along with other staffs—work to gather news to be published in a newspaperand/or an online newspaper or magazine, or broadcast on radio, television, or cable. Some journalism organizations refer to the newsroom as the city room REPORTING SECTION MAGAZINE SECTION ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT NEWS ROOM One of the traditional mass communications is the presence of a large number of gatekeepers. This fact is seen in gathering and reporting of news for conventional print and broadcast media. Reporting is a team effort and quite a few members of the team serve as gatekeepers. Online reporting in contrast may have only one or a few gatekeepers. There are two main sources of news; staff reports and the wire services. Other less important sources include feature syndicates as well as handouts and releases from various public and private sources. The City Ed...

CHINA 1: SHINVA BEIJING 1000 CORRESPONDENTS IN WORLD JAPAN KYODO NEWS SERVICES GIGI PRESS AAP AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTRALIA CABLE NEWS NETWORK CNN AMERICAN TURNOR MEDIA GROUP NOW TIMES WARNER COMPNAY CNN LIVE REPORTING WAS INTRODUCED IN 1984 IT WAS FIRST 24/7 NEWS CHANNEL BBC BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY FOX NEWS CBS COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SERVICE ABC AMERICA BROADCASTING COMPANY VK BBC FOUNDED IN 1947 SKY NEWS IST INDEPENDENT TV CHANNEL 24 HOURS NEWS CHANNEL IN FRANCE  DOECHETE  BERLIN  GERMNAY BASED CHANNEL ALJAZIRA IS ARABIC CHANNEL BASED IN QATAR ALARBIA : DUBAI BASED PRESS TV : LONDON UK GLOBAL SKY RUSSIA TOADY MOSCOW BASED ENGLISH NEWS CHANNEL TIMES NOW, INDIA TODAY,CBN,IBN ,STAR NEWS ZEE NEWS,WION TV, DOORDARSHAN INDIAN NEWS CHANNELS PTV PAKISTAN BASED NEWS CHANNEL   

TOP NEWS AGENCIES OF THE WORLD 1:AP ASSOCIATE PRESS  The Associated Press  ( AP ) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit  news agency  headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers and radio and television stations in the United States, all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists. Its Statement of News Values and Principles spells out its standards and practices. 2: United Press International  ( UPI )  is an international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century. At its peak, it had more than 6,000 media subscribers. Since the first of several sales and staff cutbacks in 1982, and the 1999 sale of its broadcast client list to its riv...

Introduction to Global media  1: PRINT MEDIA 2:NEWS AGENCIES 3: CHANNELS /MEDIA HOUSES 4: MEDIA HOUSES 1: USA GLOBAL MEDIA LEADER WASHINGTON POST IS ONE OF THE OLDEST NEWS PAPER 2:NEWYORK TIMES 2ND LEADING NEWSPAPER 3: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WALL STREET BUSINESS HUB NEW YORK POST  AND WASHINGTON TIMES :COLUMBIA 4:USA TODAY IS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER 5: LAT LOSS ANGELOS TIMES  FROM CALIFORNIA 6: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE 7: CHICAGO TRIBUNE OLDEST 8: BOSTON GLOBE MANCHSESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 9:MIANA HAREL FLORIDA 10: INTERNATIONAL HAREL TRIBUNE EXTERNAL ADDITION OF NEWYORK TIMES 11: CHIRSTIAN SIGNS MONITOR  NEWSPAPER BUT OF SIZE OF MAGZINE FRANCISCO CANADA 1: TORONTO STAR 2: GLOBE AND MILE (TORONTO) UNITED KINGDOM UK IS STRONG DEMOCRACY AND STRONG MEDIA WITH FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 1: BBC BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY 1: THE TIMES OF LONDON 2: THE GUARDIAN 3: THE INDEPENDENT 4:THE TELEGRAPH 5: THE OBSERVER 6: THE FINANCI...

1: COMMUNICATION PROCESS AND ITS DIFFERENT FORMS Communication Process Definition:  The  Communication  is a two-way process wherein the message in the form of ideas, thoughts, feelings, opinions is transmitted between two or more persons with the intent of creating a  shared understanding . Simply, an act of conveying intended information and understanding from one person to another is called as communication. The term communication is derived from the Latin word  “Communis”  which means to share. Effective communication is when the message conveyed by the sender is understood by the receiver in exactly the same way as it was intended. Communication Process The communication is a dynamic process that begins with the conceptualizing of ideas by the sender who then transmits the message through a channel to the receiver, who in turn gives the feedback in the form of some message or signal within the given time frame. Thus, there are Seven major e...

The Defamation Ordinance 2002 Attacks on your reputation can be tried under the Defamation Ordinance 2002. The law primarily deals with defamation defined as: Any act or publication of a false statement made verbally or in written or visual form which injures the reputation of a person, tends to lower him in the estimation of others or tends to reduce him to ridicule, unjust criticism, dislike, contempt or hatred. Slander and libel There are two types of defamation: slander and libel. Any false verbal statement is called slander. On the other hand, any written, documentary or visual statement or representation made by ordinary or electronic means is termed libel. The publication of defamatory matter is an actionable wrong. It requires no proof of physical or financial damage to the person. Defamation itself is considered damage. Notice of action Before starting defamation proceedings against someone, the complainant has to give a 14-day notice to the defendant, telling hi...

·          In 1960, President Ayub Khan promulgated the Press and Publications Ordinance, 1960, covering 30 pages, which dealt with printing presses, newspapers, periodicals, books and other publications. ·         According to the ordinance, the government had been empowered to ask for security deposits from printing presses for publishing newspapers or books as well as for issuing objectionable material as defined by the ordinance. ·         Security deposits ranging from Rs500 to Rs10,000 could be demanded from printing presses. Appeals against such action would lie with a Special Bench of the High Court . The government had also been empowered to forfeit security deposits and, in certain cases, to prohibit the printing presses from publishing books or newspapers ·         Under the new rules, before obtaining a declaration, a pu...

1: MASS COMMUNICATION Mass communication is the study of how people exchange their information through mass media to large segments of the population at the same time with an amazing speed. In other words, mass communication refers to the imparting and exchanging of information on a large scale to a wide range of people. It is usually understood for relating newspaper, magazine, and book publishing, as well as radio, television and film, even via internet as these mediums are used for disseminating information, news and advertising. OR What is Mass Communication? Mass communication is the process of transmitting messages to a large number of scattered audiences. Through mass communication, information can be transmitted quickly to a large number of people who generally stay far away from the sources of information. Mass communication is being done through many mediums, such as radio, television, social networking, billboards, and newspapers. Mass Communication: Definition Mass communi...